On Friday, August 31, 2012, David Frame was in a train car which was carrying tons of flat steel. He had dog with him as a companion named "Capone". David loved Capone and when Capone became trapped under the steel David attempted to free him. While attempting to free Capone the flat steel shifted and fell on David as well. David was then trapped as well by tons of flat steel.A railway worker found David around 1:10 p.m. at the Union Pacific Roper Rail Yard, 650 West and Davis Road (2190 South). At that point, it was believed that David had been pinned under tons of steel for at least 8 hours. We later found out that David had been trapped for over an hour but amazingly he was still conscious.Firefighters tried to lift the steel off of David, but the steel was just too heavy. They tried again with a crane, but that proved too painful for David.At that point, they flew in a surgeon from University Hospital on a helicopter to amputate David's leg in order to free him from the steel. The surgeon brought sterile sheets with him to place around David and all of the equipment in the rail yard was shut down to create as clean an environment as possible.It was a tedious, slow extrication. About two hours after the railway worker found him, the surgeon had cut off David's leg near the middle of his femur and freed him from the metal.

David's dog "Capone" was tragically killed in the accident.

UPDATE:

08 Sept. 2012

After speaking with David it turns out that he was in fact trapped by the steel for over 8 hours as the news channels stated. I asked David what he was thinking about during that time and he said "I just couldn't give up". David also stated that the doctor who did the amputation did it without putting David under anesthesia or without any pain medicine. Imagine the pain he went through. He also stated that his stomach swelled up so bad that his stomach ripped open right in front of him. It is amazing he lived through this.